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Is homeownership now a luxury? We talk to Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, and our favorite money ladies, Rana Foroohar and Michelle Singletary, about how the pandemic economy is impacting the American housing market.
Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, a real estate brokerage. (@glennkelman)
Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for the Washington Post. Author of The 21 Day Financial Fast. Her column The Color of Money is syndicated in newspapers across the country. (@SingletaryM)
Originally published on March 15, 2021 12:16 pm
Is homeownership now a luxury? We talk to Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, and our favorite money ladies, Rana Foroohar and Michelle Singletary, about how the pandemic economy is impacting the American housing market.
Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, a real estate brokerage. (@glennkelman)
Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for the Washington Post. Author of “The 21 Day Financial Fast.” Her column “The Color of Money” is syndicated in newspapers across the country. (@SingletaryM)
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THE UNITED Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) was accredited by the Adaptation Fund as its 52nd implementing entity, following a virtual inter-sessional board decision last month.
UNIDO is the 14th multilateral implementing entity to be accredited by the Fund, joining six regional and 32 national implementing entities with the capability to identify and develop effective adaptation projects throughout the world.
“UNIDO is excited about its accreditation as a multilateral implementing entity of the Adaptation Fund and is looking forward to engaging with relevant stakeholders to develop country-driven and -owned adaptation interventions,” said UNIDO Director General Li Yong.
“We want to support vulnerable communities as they strive for climate resilience and improved livelihoods. We are honoured to be part of the Fund’s family of implementing entities and are convinced that UNIDO’s mandate of inclusive and sustainable industrial development
WASHINGTON D.C.
,10 December 2020 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has been accredited by the Adaptation Fund as its 52nd implementing entity. UNIDO is the 14th multilateral implementing entity to be accredited by the Fund, joining six regional and 32 national implementing entities with the capability to identify and develop effective adaptation projects throughout the world.
The Adaptation Fund was established under the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and since 2010 it has committed about US$778m for climate change adaptation and resilience projects and programmes, including 114 concrete localized adaptation projects in the most vulnerable communities of developing countries around the world with nine million direct beneficiaries.